Skull Found

August 11, 1988|By Compiled from staff reports

ST. CLOUD — A charred human skull and bone fragments were found Wednesday in an orange grove about 7 miles south of St. Cloud. Deputies have no clues to the identity of the remains, which appear to be those of an adult, said Osceola County sheriff's Sgt. David Walker. Deputies are investigating the case as a homicide because the skull was burned and had what appeared to be a bullet hole in it. The bones were taken to the medical examiner's office in Orlando, where officials will work with an anthropologist to try to identify the remains, Walker said. Richard Skidmore, a grove worker, found the remains shortly before 1 p.m. on LaSalle Street in the St. Cloud Manor subdivision, Walker said. Skidmore told deputies the bones were not in the grove about three weeks ago when the area was mowed.